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HQ-2016-1139 (Finalized)

On June 13, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., EDT, CSX Transportation (CSX) mixed freight Train Q37312, operating west by timetable direction, at a recorded speed of 24 mph, with 8 head-end locomotives, 18 loads and 106 empties, 6,708 tons, and 8,341 feet in length, derailed 13 cars in Baltimore...

A Review of Amtrak's On-Time Performance

...The freight railroads have been responsive. Recent statistics suggest a reversal in declining on-time performance trends. In each of the last three quarters, system-wide on-time performance has improved over the previous year. Also encouraging is preliminary data showing reductions of delays...